Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-08-19
Scenes at the Wreck.

CHATSwOTRH. IL. Aug T. - Charnel
houses AMI hospitals maks W what has been
the peaceful village O. C1aJswOrth. o. 500
merry excursion]sts journeying Uy here 10
Inc Ia-4s o. Ma ara twenty-tour hours ago
July hat the Iu.nb+r have since aSsr1
throuEn a maelstrCm more fearful than al
the Wu-InE waters they were travelling to
see. E4-Gty Jour D. ITEM, bachenei. mang-
led cOrpseS, lre scattered al TIE depO-s zc5o0s
anu eIgl1se-hCls h-re AMI at Plp-r CIV, IT
art being carried On trains In al directions
TO their homes, while is ban5arei. moan
il- crirp-e9 ara stretched Oh ali The avai.a0.e
m eS>es, beds, chairs, am Fl 1OrS in tn VI
cinicy, struggling Tor Il little ieas= o. life.
Inc streets VI CnatSToT-h are fiI@d with
cTOT1s o. anxious sees rs lOI friends AMI
relatives, and with other crowds of lu-I.ing
peeps Aurryiny Tor ILeslIcin-S slowly bear
in rude pine collins 10 tie trains, or talking
earnestly q the horror lh4t Lad caused the
CONSERVATION
Indirectly the catastrophe was ascTibei to
the origin OF - many OlueT recent great Ca
lam.ties-the unprecedented drought The
tai grass III -er lite calvert o. l.le T0le1O,
Peoria < y es.ern, "a lew mics east o. Chats
worth, al been rendered BY the sun as dry
as t4lI4er. and last nj = h a ioconos. sc spark
set il ib.aze. The t.mD-rs o. the culveTt
c-u-ht fire and were sIn0ldeEing unseen when
a tram OF sixteen coaches Of eXCu-sIJni>Ls
from Peoria and Bloomington ami nei-hOJr-
Ing cities arrived There was terrific crash
and an ACCIDENT almost unprecedented III
horror had IasSad into history. A short ri4e
brou- one from the s.c-elln- sights o. tie
CITY 10 tie pace where TIE catastrophe C
Cured l. was via scene a. tLr wreck III
the driving darkness lie tangled iron AMI
wood ard tie various debris T.rese MED mucl
the same appearance as il dll al the tine OF
the accident. Tie engine. shattered cut o. al
shape, lay in the ditch about two
hundred ieet beyond Inc culver, and
the broken cars were sIrewl al over
the track The cuvart, which was
about tEirty-two feet in length. shovel
broken ami burned tlmOers and gave evil
GenIe at E ance OF the cause OF tie acc
dent. The lite ditch when the cu,vert
SPANIEL was about ten feet dep, an th4
tlmbxrs hal been burned away Ly tue fires
which have teen raging in TINS vicinity
Tie Leaylly-la1en train, rushing down a
grade o. aUoLt lor;y-e.-Lt feet 10 tie nile.
STUCK the cu.yerL TIE ere Of the engineer
could not detec, tie burned frame Wof 4 be-
Meath Inc Stra-ELt track. because enough OF
tie cuiyesr RENAMED 10 ho.l the rails in Do
stIOH, Dut aS tie y hes tOucle * the CRASH
cane Tie rauliity with when HE tram
VS. going n \ D= imagined v en il Is under
Stool that tie frs engine Il pzi over the
clssm, ami holding tie track. went On tut
little jurei. lie secCBi engine p.0wei is
way along the TRACK for nezr3y two uunirei
feet, snd finally went over Oh is SIDE a most
compete wreck PiiA< On top o. AMI dove
talliI one another came tie re-Ei7 r T,as@e IEr
coaches wiki their LAS o. human IreiEal.
anu such & mass, sucI an IUR4eSCris5a ls.ts
tzngei mass o. soln1+rel cars an man-lel
boileS Al niglt l-n- AMI aIl dav tas sal
work Of removing tie dead AM WOUNDED
occupied tie Eool people - tie Vicinity AM
tee many he!p,rs TO came from ali cent
Giles
I1isno believed thai ell but SIX IT seven
TONES have been renewed Inc o1.y man
On tie wrecked train wEo iia-ereI a. the
sreDe Until tonight unharmei Va, The u.1-ter
O. tie ou.v Pullman csr 4 a was damaged
II was tn foremost q th= stria. Of *
ee-ers attached 10 ths eai Of tae traia
TIE tenth conc rT4s = to.- wr=cz. as v4s
a. Is preiec=-5rs, bot tae s.e-per s-o7-aI
with - i0rssri s1si over TIE burning til lZe.
Tie co-or-l boE's S,nrr Wa a1-oIt q 4cs-ura1e
CT account a cc-li D. gotten iran any %
th7 Vas-en-zrS I'D tle I4l--ase9 tran
n Area Cro-Rell AMI vie. % P-1r.a-
were en IUG.e - s visit 10 heir a -znLs III
Eankakee. Wiz tleI- b-EEaezs Cal inf4z-.
. Mr.. CrcsSeI occupied A s=at a. TIE r
egl O. tze car nexl - tie door. Mrs Gro.
vel, benz Unab.e 10 -: i sea- wiz Is We.
took Au-I--e- position few seats Iack al57-
the car. Khel lie c0Gnuszsoa case .l.
f--ut znl O. t1e CT was crushed In ami "